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Dan Simmons
b. 1948·American
Dan Simmons is an American author born on April 4, 1948, best known for blending science fiction, horror, and literary ambition across multiple genres. He is most celebrated for the Hyperion Cantos tetralogy, a space-opera cycle that draws deeply on Keats and Chaucer and earned him wide critical acclaim. His debut novel Song of Kali won the World Fantasy Award in 1986, establishing him as a major voice in both science fiction and horror.